S3E CHARGE: meet the selected growth startups
S3E CHARGE Open Call results are out!
Between November 7, 2022 and February 10, 2023, growth startups from South European countries submitted their deep tech innovations to the S3E Open Call #1 to participate in our S3E CHARGE Program.
S3E CHARGE is a program that we have designed for growth start-ups with deep tech products, services, or process concepts, grounded in a scientific discovery or meaningful engineering innovation and at a growth development stage, that are already in the market. The program will facilitate selected growth startups to be better aligned with Horizon Europe’s goals, namely by better positioning them to apply for public or private funding and programs, assisting them in linking their business offerings to market needs and becoming market ready to pitch and attract investments whilst having validated and honed their business plan and value proposition.
During the open call period, we received a total of 33 applications and after running and independent evaluation process (counting on external experts) we are very excited to share the selected growth startups that will take part in the first edition of our S3E CHARGE program.
12 GROWTH STARTUPS INVOLVED
| Project name | Team member | Country | Science field | SDG |
| RespiBit | Christodoulos Spagakas | Greece | Medical and health sciences | Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) |
| Distinkt | Luca Venza | Spain | Engineering and technology | Industry Innovation and Infrastructure (SDG 9) |
| Grawindy Renewable Energy INC. | Atilla Öztürk | Turkey | Engineering and technology | Industry Innovation and Infrastructure (SDG 9) |
| Bluana Foods | Florin IRIMESCU | Romania | Other | Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) |
| Inteligg Private Company (P.C.) | Christos Ioakeimidis | Greece | Engineering and technology | Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11) |
| Digital Bites | Theodoros Sofianos | Greece | Engineering and technology | Industry Innovation and Infrastructure (SDG 9) |
| Psychomeasure | EDUARDO SAMPAIO | Portugal | Medical and health sciences | Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) |
| ThetaBiomarkers | Olga Begou | Greece | Medical and health sciences | Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) |
| Water2Wk | Juan Suárez | Spain | Medical and health sciences | Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11) |
| Freshwater | Naeria Navarro | Spain | Engineering and technology | Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11) |
| IIO
Arcan |
Pasquale Bombino
Ilaria Pigazzini |
Italy
Italy |
Engineering and technology
Engineering and technology |
WHAT NEXT?
S3E CHARGE offers selected growth startups a 14-week tailor-made mentoring and networking program that aims to provide skills to growth startups to enable them to:
- link the product/service/process product with market needs,
- better communicate their offerings to potential clients and investors,
- become market ready to pitch, persuade and readapt the business offerings to different audiences, depending on market needs
- connect to ‘Innovation Leaders’ and ‘Strong Innovators’ Ecosystems
- better understand to protect IP
- prepare an investment ready business plan
- get access to funds and funding
We congratulate the selected participants and we are looking forward to supporting their deep tech projects!
S3E Open Call #1 Reverse for solvers: startups and SMEs with deep tech solutions
We are looking for deep tech startups and SMEs to respond to the 15 identified challenges
The EU-funded project South3E launches a new Open Call to identify deep tech based solutions to 15 selected market challenges, in the frame of the S3E REVERSE Program.
📃 Press Release S3E Open Call #1 Reverse for solvers 📃
The consortium of S3E – Southern European Entrepreneurship Engine has officially launched the S3E Reverse for Solvers Open Call #1 targeting scaling start-ups and SMEs with deep tech solutions. Through S3E REVERSE, the project creates an Innovation and Technology Brokerage Program aiming at connecting corporates and public organisations (Challenge Organisations) with scale-ups, start-ups and SMEs (Solvers) that can address the identified challenges through their products, services, and solutions, based on deep tech and aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Open Call for Solvers will be available from 14 March (12.00 pm CET) until 15 May (17.00 pm CET).
The Solvers - SMEs and more mature start-ups - are invited to join the program, submitting their solutions, ideas and products that solve one or more of the 15 identified challenges. These challenges were unveiled by 19 Challenge Organisations since last November 2022 at the first stage of the S3E REVERSE program and reviewed by S3E partners in collaboration with external experts. All of them have the highest degree of potential, impact, innovation, and feasibility and should be addressed through deep tech solutions. Check the selected challenges here.
Who can apply?
Scaling Start-ups and SMEs with deep tech projects and solutions from all Southern Europe, meeting the following criteria:
- Is established in any country of the Southern European science-based innovation ecosystem is eligible for the Horizon Europe program including associated countries.
- Is capable of addressing a challenge that has been submitted as part of the conducted open call for Challenges and which is related to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
- Can justify the development and / or deployment of a Deep Tech solution.
How to apply?
Interested start-ups and SMEs tackling the challenges can apply before 15 May 2023 via F6S and find further information about the application guidelines here. The S3E REVERSE Open Call for Solvers will operate on a ‘first come – first Served’ for the solvers: when a match is identified, the challenge provider organisation and the solver can start working together immediately.
What are the benefits?
- Innovation Readiness Assessment: a Self-assessment of the solver that will help thecompany identify weak points or problems in their growth. Our Technology brokers can then suggest specific actions that can help the solver improve their operations.
- Mentoring (from selected business & innovation experts) based on an assessment of the company that will help the scale-up identify any weak points of problems in their growth scale.
- Coaching (from sustainability experts) will support the company in identifying business cases and potential applications based on their portfolio that could provide solutions to
address sustainability challenges related to the UN SDG of the call. - Training in public procurement, including Pre-Commercial Procurement and Public Procurement for Innovative solutions (PPIs) that will help scale-ups access bigger projects and clients.
- Masterclasses with established experts in their field in topics such as ESG compliance, leadership, onboarding new personnel, customer acquisition, company culture).
- Networking with industry leaders and showcase opportunities at the S3E Open day.
- Technology Brokerage: our technology brokers will help the SMEs and startups prepare their technical offer and match them with the challenge organisations in need.
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S3E START: Selected Research Teams and Tech Transfer Offices
S3E START Open Call results are out!
Between November 7, 2022 and February 10, 2023, research teams and tech transfer offices from South European countries were able to participate in our Open Call #1.
S3E START is a programme made for research teams with deep tech projects, grounded in a scientific discovery or meaningful engineering innovation and in any stage of development, that want to explore the path from the lab to the market, and also for technology transfer offices that want to learn a thoroughly tested methodology to foster science-based entrepreneurship and technology commercialization.
During the open call period, we received a total of 43 applications for S3E START and after running and independent evaluation process (counting on external experts) we are very excited to share the selected research teams and tech transfer offices that will take part in the first edition of our S3E START program.
18 RESEARCH TEAMS SELECTED AND 67 RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
| Project Name | Country | Researchers involved | Science field | SDG addressed | Affiliation | |
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| SIRIUS-AAGI | Spain | 2 | 3 | Engineering and technology | Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure | Complutense University of Madrid The Mindkind SL |
| Brine Utilisation for CO2 to be ‘Koncretely’ Sequestered, Solidified and Stored - BUCKS$$$ | Italy / Greece | 1 | 3 | Engineering and technology | Affordable and clean energy Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Responsible Consumption and Production Climate Action |
Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) | Sapienza University of Rome | Queen Mary University of London |
| Nanofertilizer | Turkey | 1 | 1 | Natural Sciences | Climate Action Life on Land |
Ege Universisty |
| Device for vacuum sublimation (DVS) | Spain | 1 | 3 | Engineering and technology | Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure | ICREA/ICMAB-CSIC |
| Sumatrix Biotech | Turkey / Germany | 2 | 3 | Engineering and technology | Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Climate Action |
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| Nano-ink: Exploring Nanofluids for High Throughput Thin Film Production | Turkey | 3 | 1 | Engineering and technology | Affordable and clean energy Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Responsible Consumption and Production Climate Action |
Eskisehir Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering | Izmir Katip Celebi University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences | Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of History of Medicine and Ethics |
| In vitro system for metastatic breast cancer diagnostic | Spain | 0 | 2 | Medical and health sciences | Good Health and Well-being | Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela |
| CAVI | Greece /Slovenia | 3 | 1 | Engineering and technology | Clean water and sanitation Affordable and clean energy Industry, Innovatiuon and Infrastructure |
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana | National Technical University of Athens |
| COPPER (II) NITROPRUSSIDE (Cu(II)NP) FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS | Italy /Slovenia | 3 | 2 | Medical and health sciences | Good health and well-being | Ca' Foscari University of Venice | Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano |
| ENIGMA | Italy | 2 | 2 | Engineering and technology | Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure | Politecnico di Milano |
| MET Lab - Protein Portflolio for Sustainable Chemicals | Portugal | 2 | 1 | Natural Sciences | Affordable and clean energy Sustainable Cities and Communities Responsible Consumption and Production Climate Action |
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier |
| RL-based solution for managment of RAN slicing in 5G networks | Spain | 3 | 1 | Engineering and technology | Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Sustainable Cities and Communities |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Researcher at Mobile Communication Research Group |
| Breast 4.0- AR-enabled breast cancer localization | Portugal | 3 | 0 | Medical and health sciences | Good health and well-being | Clinical Center Champalimaud |
| Colloidal inks for Superconductors (HTS-INKS) | Spain | 0 | 5 | Engineering and technology | Affordable and clean energy Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Sustainble Cities and Communities Responsible Consumption and Production Climate Action |
Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) |
| The potential of EntomoPathogenic Fungi as Biological contol agents, Biofertilisers and Biostimulants (EPF3Bio) | Greece | 2 | 2 | Agricultural Scienses | Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being, Decent work and economic growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Climate Action, Life On Land | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Life on healthy land- Circular economy for microbial inoculants to improve soil quality (CE4Land) | Serbia | 0 | 3 | Engineering and technology | Zero Hunger Responsible Consumption and Production Life On Land |
Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad |
| BioMicroElectroMechanical Systems for hard tissue engineering - BioMEMs | Portugal | 2 | 1 | Medical and health sciences | Good health and well-being | University of Aveiro |
| GENOME EDITING OF THE KOZAK SEQUENCE FOR TREATING DISEASES | Italy | 3 | 0 | Medical and health sciences | Good Health and Well-being | University of Trento | Fondazione Hub Innovazione Trentino (HIT) |
12 TECH TRANSFER OFFICES SELECTED
| TTO Name | Description | Country | |
| Aliağa Industrial Zone Technology Transfer Office (ALOTTO) | ALOTTO leads the trustworthy information flow between universities, industry and start-ups to create innovative products, processes and services. |
Turkey | |
| Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol | Gerència Territorial Metropolitana Nord | Institut Català de la Salut | Its activities have focused on driving cultural change through the development of early-stage projects, as well as on evangelising the healthcare community in the hospital on what innovation in healthcare is and what it entails. |
Spain | |
| Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano | The National Cancer Institute /C.R.O. Aviano, a public institute operating under the authority of the Italian Ministry of Health /MoH and leading center for cancer research, diagnosis and therapy works to advance medical knowledge, provides outstanding medical care, and prepares tomorrow’s physicians, scientists, and other professionals. |
Italy | |
| ODTÜ Technology Transfer Office | METU TTO Commercialization Department works on the commercialization of 150+ academic inventions from various technology areas. Commercialization activity is initiated by the patent application of an academic invention, to the national patent office. During the grace period, we begin to assess the commercial potential of the invention. |
Turkey | |
| Tec Labs | The incubator of the Faculty of Sciences of ULisboa and the place where all the science and technology-based entrepreneurship and innovation related initiatives happen. For the last 30 years we have been supporting and promoting the economic valorisation and knowledge transfer in this school | Portugal | |
| International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) | It is a research organization created in 1987 at the heart of the prestigious Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) as a partnership between the Government of Catalonia and UPC, in cooperation with UNESCO. The aim of CIMNE is the development of numerical methods and computational techniques for advancing knowledge and technology in engineering and applied sciences. The ultimate goal of CIMNE is to become an international reference centre and leader in computational mechanics, through achieving excellence in all the activities carried out by the centre. | Spain | |
| Bilkent University | As Bilkent TTO, we carry out works involving deep and high technologies. |
Turkey | |
| Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) & Competence Center I4byDesign | CERTH: is one of the leading research centres in Greece & listed among the TOP-15 E.U. institutions with the highest participation in competitive research grants Integrating digital and technological Industry 4.0 & Logistics 4.0 solutions in Greek and international MSMEs | Greece | |
| Babes-Bolyai University | Given the market value of our research team results (Constantin Cosma Radon Labortaory from Babes Bolyai University - LiRaCC), we had laid the foundations for our university's first innovative spin-off, RadonControl. |
Romania | |
| ODTÜ Technology Transfer Office | As METU TTO Commercialization Department, we are working on the commercialization of 150+ academic inventions from various technology areas. Commercialization activity is initiated by the patent application of an academic invention, to the national patent office. During the grace period, we begin to assess the commercial potential of the invention. |
Turkey | |
| Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Institute of Robotics | It is a leading scientific institution integrated in the international research community. The creative work of the institute is focused in 9 labs and departments. The team works on cutting-edge inventions and events that aim to familiarise the public with robotics and its benefit for the society, education and business. | Bulgaria | |
| UniSMART- Fondazione Università degli Studi di Padova | UniSMART - Fondazione Università degli Studi di Padova aims to bridge the gap between academia, more specifically University of Padova researchers, and industry, be it an established company or a Venture Capital firm. |
Italy |
WHAT NEXT?
S3E START offers selected researchers and tech transfer offices an 18-weeks hands-on experience that involves:
- Online classes, mainly on the topics related to the process used to guide the participating teams in the development of a business case for a product, service, or process grounded on the proposed technology. Note: classes are held every week for one hour.
- Webinars, on diverse topics pertinent to the development of the relevant skills (e.g. intellectual property, financials, business development, venture funding.). Note: a total of six webinars (one hours long) will be held.
- Mentoring (industry experts) that will guide the teams on validation of the project and in the development of the business case. The mentors supporting the S3E Start edition are individuals who are somehow connected to the area of deep tech and entrepreneurship, and who are prepared to help teams solve problems that arise throughout the program. You can see an updated list of mentors on the S3E website (https://south3e.eu).
- Networking with industry leaders and showcase opportunities at the S3E Open day.
Outcomes:
- The teams will undergo a training program that will have as the visible outcome a business case for a product/service or process concept sustained by the technology proposed.
- The teams will pitch their project, at S3E Open day, to pre-seed stage investors and corporate ventures.
We congratulate the selected participants and we are looking forward to supporting their deep tech projects!
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EU Publication: S3E is leading the new wave of deep tech innovation
S3E is among the EU projects leading the new wave of deep tech innovation!
The European Commission has released a new publication looking at each of the actions funded under the European Innovation Ecosystems work programme and contribute to the implementation of the new European Innovation Agenda objectives in relation to “Funding for deep-tech scale-ups”; “Enabling deep tech innovation through experimentation spaces and public procurement” and “Accelerating and strengthening innovation in European Innovation Ecosystems across the EU and addressing the innovation divide”.
S3E is one of the EU projects funded under the Flagship 3 “Accelerating and strengthening innovation in European Innovation Ecosystems across the EU and addressing the innovation divide”. This flaghsip unlocks excellence across the EU and connect regional innovation valleys involving regions with a lower innovation performance, in support of key EU priorities. Projects funded under the European Innovation Ecosystems Work Programme of Horizon Europe contribute to the Agenda by strengthening the connectivity within and between innovation ecosystems, supporting sustainable growth of businesses and promoting leadership of women in deep technology fields.
In particular, our S3E project intends to improve the market connectedness and efficiency of research teams, startups & SMEs working on Deep Tech, through the implementation of three innovation programmes that offer tailored services.
You can read the EU Publication HERE.
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Six fruitful meetings promoting the S3E Open Call in our Portuguese Roadshow
The consortium of S3E – The Engine for South European Deep Tech has completed the third Roadshow in Portugal as part of the promotion activities of its First Open Call .
We have shared the opportunities that the S3E project bring with more than 125 researchers and Technology Transfer Officers (TTOs)
Through the Open Call #1, S3E will select and support the development of disruptive solutions built around unique, protected or hard-to-reproduce breakthroughs, and embodies products, processes or services capable of fulfilling currently unmet (or ill-met) market needs. This new engine will unlock the untapped innovation potential of Southern European Deep Tech, targeting scientific and technical excellence in the fields of agricultural, life and physical sciences, engineering and technology.
The S3E Open call closes the 10 February 2023 (17h CEST), so there’s still a few days more for interested applicants to prepare their applications.
To promote this opportunity all around, HiSeedTech has met different members of the Portuguese Research and Innovation ecosystem to present the project and the S3E programs and services that are available through the open call process.
Follow the Portuguese tour with this photographic summary!
12 January: i3S – Research and innovation in the Health Sciences
24 January – ICVS – Life and Health Sciences Research Institute
25 January: UPTEC
31 January: Aveiro University
1 February: INESC MN Tec Labs, Innovation Center
2 February: Tec Labs, Innovation Center
Learn how we are going to accomplish our mission through our three innovative programs (START, CHARGE and REVERSE) and get ready to APPLY to the Open Call #1 to join the SOUTHERN DEEP TECH REVOLUTION.
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S3E meets EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, responsible for Horizon Europe
On 26th January, 2023, the S3E project participated at the workshop ''How Horizon Europe European innovation ecosystems projects support new European Innovation Agenda'' in Brussels.
This first workshop organised by the European Commission and host by Ms. Mariya Gabriel, the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth was an opportunity to present the first wave of projects funded under the European Innovation Ecosystems Work Programme in support of the New European Innovation Agenda (NEIA).
‘’It’s the first time since 2010 that we have a document that articulates a comprehensive strategy for innovation in Europe. And this is crucial to our ambition, which is to unlock the innovation potential in Europe.’’
Mariya Gabriel
The New European Innovation Agenda is a comprehensive strategy put forth by the European Union to promote innovation and competitiveness. It was adopted in July 2022 and aims to accelerate the digital transformation of the EU economy and society. One of the key components of the NEIA is the EU’s focus on deep tech and their potential to drive innovation.
We met more than 40 projects which directly contribute to three flagships of the New European Innovation Agenda: scaling up deep-tech innovative companies; enabling innovation through public procurement and strengthening innovation ecosystems across the EU by addressing the innovation divide. The projects are included in the new European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) Data Hub, an interactive database showing all projects funded under the EIE programme.
‘’We count a lot in you, you are the green and digital transition, you are the circular economy, you are the health digitalisation, you are this new wave of deep tech innovation that would like to see Europe as leader, as powerhouse.''
Mariya Gabriel
S3E – The Engine for South European Deep Tech is one of the selected projects and during our presentation, Cláudia Barbosa shared the perfectly alignment of the S3E project with the goals of this NEIA, positioning Southern Europe at the forefront of the new wave of deep tech innovation and start-ups. S3E’s mission is to support moderate and emerging innovators to develop new technologies to address the most pressing societal challenges and improve the market connectedness & efficiency of research teams, startups & SMEs working on Deep Tech.
‘’Its only by working together that we can create this more open, more dynamic, more competitive Europe.''
Mariya Gabriel
Watch S3E 1 MINUTE PITCH
https://youtu.be/oC3W18EmOYM
Watch the whole workshop:
How S3E supports the new European Innovation Agenda
Read our last article here.
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Learn how we are going to accomplish our mission through our three innovative programs (START, CHARGE and REVERSE) and get ready to APPLY to the Open Call #1 to join the SOUTHERN DEEP TECH REVOLUTION.
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Presentation of S3E REVERSE to I4byDesign, a competence center for Industry 4.0
Yesterday we organised a virtual information session to the 22 member companies of I4byDesign.
The presentation was done by our colleague Odysseas Spyroglou, R&I Projects Lead at International Development Ireland and it was delivered in Greek.
The I4byDesign Competence Center, with a focus on Industry 4.0 technologies, provides strategic and operational support to Greek manufacturing companies, with the aim of the digital and technological transformation of their industrial processes. Through a wide range of knowledge, methodologies, digital tools and services, it reshapes their organizational, business and strategic models, while maintaining their competitiveness at a high level.
I4byDesign, in the form of a Collaborative Innovation Formation, is framed by 1 research organization and 22 Greek companies in the field of Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0, being a connecting link between research and business.
If you are interested in watching the session, click below:
Learn how we are going to accomplish our mission through our three innovative programs (START, CHARGE and REVERSE) and get ready to APPLY to the Open Call #1 to join the SOUTHERN DEEP TECH REVOLUTION.
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How S3E supports the new European Innovation Agenda
The New European Innovation Agenda (NEIA) is a comprehensive strategy put forth by the European Union (EU) to promote innovation and competitiveness. It was adopted in July 2022 and aims to accelerate the digital transformation of the EU economy and society.
One of the key components of the NEIA is the EU’s focus on deep tech and their potential to drive innovation. Another important aspect of the NEIA is the EU’s commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and small businesses. The agenda includes initiatives to support the creation and growth of new companies, particularly in the areas of clean energy, digital technologies, and health care.
In addition, the NEIA aims to increase the collaboration between the private sector, research institutions, and governments to foster innovation. This includes the creation of new partnerships and the development of new funding opportunities to support joint research and development projects. One of these projects is S3E – The Engine for South European Deep Tech.
The S3E project aligns perfectly with the goals of the New European Innovation Agenda, positioning Southern Europe at the forefront of the new wave of deep tech innovation and start-ups. S3E’s mission is to support moderate and emerging innovators to develop new technologies to address the most pressing societal challenges and improve the market connectedness & efficiency of research teams, startups & SMEs working on Deep Tech.
Europe wants to be the place where the best talent work hand in hand with the best companies and where deep tech innovation thrives and creates breakthrough innovative solutions across the continent. S3E is one of the projects working towards this purpose and that is why we have invited by the European Commission to participate in the workshop ``How Horizon Europe European innovation ecosystems projects support new European Innovation Agenda´´ next Thursday 26th January, 2023.
Event and Web-streaming link:
How S3E supports the new European Innovation Agenda
New European Innovation Agenda |
S3E – The Engine for South European Deep Tech |
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Improve access to finance for European start-ups and scale-ups, for example, by mobilising untapped sources of private capital and simplifying listing rules |
S3E has created three types of progams to accelerate Deep Tech projects and solutions coming from research teams, start-ups and SMEs that can impact social development and economic growth for a more sustainable future. |
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Improve the conditions to allow innovators to experiment with new ideas through regulatory sandboxes |
As part of these three innovation programs (START, CHARGE and REVERSE), S3E upskills researchers to fast-track science to the market, S3E supports growth stage startups in business development, S3E brokers access to investment and S3E facilitates Open Innovation with industry. |
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Help create “regional innovation valleys” that will strengthen and better connect innovation players through Europe, including in regions lagging behind |
S3E is focused on a group of countries (Southern Europe) that are lagging behind in terms of innovation-led social and economic growth and that, because of their geographic location, share some common socio-economic traits that may contribute to facilitate the deployment of this growth engine. |
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Attract and retain talent in Europe, for example by training 1 million deep tech talents, increasing support for women innovators and innovating with start-up employees’ stock options |
Through several open calls, S3E will support 150+ Deep Tech ventures to develop disruptive solutions built around unique, protected or hard-to-reproduce breakthroughs, and embodies products, processes or services capable of fulfilling currently unmet (or ill-met) market needs. S3E will unlock the untapped innovation potential of Southern European Deep Tech, targeting scientific and technical excellence in the fields of agricultural, life and physical sciences, engineering and technology. |
| Improve the policy framework through clearer terminology, indicators and data sets, as well as policy support to Member States |
South3E alignment with EU priorities and strategies strengths our commitment to improve the market connectedness & efficiency of research teams, startups & SMEs working on Deep Tech through the acceleration of Deep Tech projects coming from research teams, and deep tech solutions coming from start-ups and SMEs that can impact social development and economic growth for a more sustainable future. |
S3E participates at the 'Startups for Sustainability' event
On January 19, 2023, S3E participated at the event organised by Envolve Greece and Generation AG called 'Startups for Sustainability'. The event took place in Athens, Greece.
The audience was composed of students interested in entrepreneurship willing to learn about sustainable development goals and how they can be a competitive advantage for them when creating new businesses.
Christina Deligianni, as we can see in the picture below, presented the S3E project as an opportunity for entrepreneurs to develop new business ideas based on deep tech and meeting the UN SDGs.
Thank you Christina, and EPLO team, to spreading the word and inviting the Greek ecosystem to join the S3E mission.
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S3E visits the Portuguese innovation ecosystem for its Open Call #1 last Roadshow
The consortium of S3E – The Engine for South European Deep Tech is pleased to announce the celebration of the third Roadshow in Portugal as part of the promotion activities of its First Open Call.
We are very happy to visit Portugal since it’s the country where S3E was born. S3E project is inspired by the HiSeedTech program aiming to fulfill a gap in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, supporting the translation of cutting-edge technology and scientific discoveries into new business opportunities.
HiSeedTech has been working during last 10 years being an enabler of investments in technology-based ventures and licensing opportunities by providing the business community, venture capital investors and potential licensors a deal flow of duly-scrutinized projects.
HiSeedTech joined IDI, EPLO and AUTRALO to create South3E, an engine of growth to improve the connectedness and efficiency of the entrepreneurship ecosystems in Southern European countries. The EU funded project South3E will accelerate Deep Tech projects and solutions coming from research teams, start-ups and SMEs that can impact social development and economic growth for a more sustainable future.
Through the Open Call #1, S3E will select and support the development of disruptive solutions built around unique, protected or hard-to-reproduce breakthroughs, and embodies products, processes or services capable of fulfilling currently unmet (or ill-met) market needs. This new engine will unlock the untapped innovation potential of Southern European Deep Tech, targeting scientific and technical excellence in the fields of agricultural, life and physical sciences, engineering and technology.
The S3E Open call closes the 10 February 2023 (17h CEST), so there’s still time for interested applicants to prepare their applications.
To promote this opportunity all around, HiSeedTech will be meeting different members of the Portuguese Research and Innovation ecosystem to present the project and the S3E programs and services that are available through the open call process.
These are the scheduled meetings as part of the Portuguese Roadshow:
- 12/01/2023- 14:30 - i3S- Research and innovation in the Health Sciences
- 24/01/2023- 14:30 - ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute
- 25/01/2023- 14:30 - UPTEC
- 31/01/2023- 14:30 - Aveiro University
- 01/02/2023- 14:30 - Tec Labs, Innovation Center
- 02/02/2023- 14:30 - INESC MN
Check out this teaser video
https://youtu.be/_WhfmjQSMMw
Join our Roadshow tour following our social media channels (Twitter, Linkedin and Youtube)
and get ready to APPLY to the Open Call #1 to join the SOUTHERN DEEP TECH REVOLUTION.
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